Dolops

Dolops was an Epidaurian priest during the 5th century BC.

Biography
Dolops was the illegitimate son of the priestess Chrysis, and his mother abused him and abandoned him. Dolops went on to become a priest of Asclepius, and he once worked with orphans; however, his mother's seizure of control of the Sanctuary of Asclepius forced Dolops to become a minor farmer in Epidaurus. In 431 BC, he hired the mercenary Kassandra to investigate a murder plot against him in exchange for providing her with information on Chrysis, and Kassandra discovered that his landlord Markos Rokos was behind an assassination attempt on him. She travelled to the Eristenea House and killed Rokos and his Cult of Kosmos guards, and Kassandra returned to Dolops with the news of his salvation. He then told her that Chrysis was his mother, and he told her that Chrysis often took infants to the Altar of Apollo Maleatas for sacrifices, leading to Kassandra setting out to stop Chrysis.